Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1 Special and research libraries. 2010 (Corrected 15 December 2011)
  Total The National Library Libraries of universities and colleges1 Libraries of health institutions Other public special libraries Other private special libraries
Number of libraries2  312 1  145 41  104 21
             
Collections            
Pysical units 30 689 449 9 553 275 14 804 500  307 194 3 910 837 2 113 643
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 19 877 773 3 225 416 12 572 701  304 816 3 167 716  607 124
Of which            
Open shelves 3 465 180 6 855 2 309 810  111 285  727 731  309 499
Gross increase  403 578  108 635  218 415 10 446 56 474 9 608
Manuscripts  249 502  126 145 48 656 1 18 688 56 012
Microfiches 1 255 667  291 843  400 200 0  530 501 33 123
Music notes  255 106 75 033  169 515 3 10 033  522
Audio visual documents 1 228 970  993 198  187 788 2 127 41 516 4 341
Graphic and cartographic material 4 575 512 2 365 863  744 451 19 59 262 1 405 917
Patents  655 009 -  650 000 .. 5 009 ..
Electronic documents 39 375 2 418 23 839  110 7 041 5 967
Other material 2 552 535 2 473 359 7 350  118 71 071  637
             
Digital documents            
Digital documents 1 478 001 451 1 476 011 642 1 572 975 24 427  381 684 10 723
             
Databases            
Databases 4 766 61 2 896  162 1 485  162
             
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed 82 140 11 605 32 028 2 798 13 644 22 065
Periodicals, electronic  568 621 -  418 244 43 817  105 555 1 005
Newspapers printed 2 095  252 1 084 34  642 83
Newspapers electronic 2 317 - 2 091 6  216 4
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 4 085 859 62 933 3 761 629 59 953  149 991 51 353
Number of non-local loans issued 4552 584 4143 932 4382 534 44 497 417 696 43 925
Of which            
Domestic 4531 693 4142 494 4364 070 44 258 417 061 43 810
Foreign countries 20 891 1 438 18 464  239  635  115
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  266 519 2 876  208 954 20 288 27 716 6 685
Total lending, physical units 4260 607 42 229 4190 496 426 507 433 620 47 755
Of which            
Domestic 4207 090 41 193 4163 733 417 122 421 071 43 971
Foreign countries 53 517 1 036 26 763 9 385 12 549 3 784
             
Visits            
Number of registered visits 7 717 978  165 586 7 465 346 45 816 29 150 12 080
             
Lenders            
Number of lenders  200 955 4 349  169 381 11 877 11 239 4 109
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 782  408 1 033 74  214 53
Of which            
Librarians 1 185  143  775 61  179 27
Other position  597  265  258 13 35 26
             
Man-years worked, total3 1 387.3  391.0  721.3 57.5  176.2 41.4
Of which            
Librarians  914.2  136.5  551.4 50.4  152.7 23.4
Other position  473.1  254.5  169.9 7.1 23.5 18.0
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in NOK 1 000) 1 557 747  382 975  980 426 50 572  106 388 37 386
Of which            
Purchase of material to the collections  385 151 7 570  296 772 25 014 45 967 9 828
Revenue from services, total 57 743 13 688 38 643  792 3 547 1 073
1  Include libraries at universities, specialised university colleges and other colleges.
2  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
3  University of Oslo Library has not reported figures.
4  Corrected 15 December 2011.
Source: The National Library.

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